Michael Edwards

GARTREE PRISON

 

 

(This poem is about a meeting recently held to consider a considerable expansion to the prison. It was written to accompany an article about the meeting which is to appear in the next edition of the local magazine. The helicopter reference alludes to a famous escape by two prisoners by helicopter a few years back)

 

 

Councillors, Public and Prison Reps flock to

consider the reason

to increase the prison

but as voting continues the Councillors adopt to

veto the plans

with unanimous hands

and so losing the vote the Prison Reps opt to

make good their escape in a helicopter.